Listing and marking table.



B. L. HERRIGK.

LISTING AND MARKING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 3, 1910.

1,018,053. Patented Feb.20, 1912.

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LISTING AND MARKING TABLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERT L. HERRIOK, citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Listing and Marking Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to listing tables, and particularly to such tables as are used in laundries whereon articles to be laundried are separated and listed in proper order.

The object of this invention is to provide a commodious, substantial and practical table for the reception, listing and marking of articles; and to provide particularly a means whereby the chance of losing segregated articles to be handled is greatly. lessened; and to provide an apparatus of such design that articles to be listed are receivable upon one portion of the apparatus and thereon properly segregated and thence passed to another portion where they may be marked.

A special object is to provide in combination a receiving and marking table with receptacles mounted upon said table wherein each bundle after it has been segregated and listed, is retained entirely separate and distinct from other bundles as they are listed, thus preventing the accidental intermingling of articles of two or more separate bundles.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed having reference to-the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the listing side of the table. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the table. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view showing the receptacle latch in detail. Fig. 5 is a detail elevation of a revolving carriage.

-With the apparatus in general use in laundries, it frequently happens when a bundle of clothes or other articles is brought into a laundry, that during the operation of opening each bundle and listing the various pieces thereof and rolling each bundle with its listed pieces, that frequently one or more of the individual pieces become separated and their identity is lost, so that it is impossible for the operator listing the bundles to determine to which of the several bundles Specification of Letters Patent. I

Application filed October 3, 1910.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

Serial No. 585,011.

on hand the lost or separate article belongs. In large establishments the number of instances and occurrences of lost pieces of laundry is extremely great, and it is the desideratum to provide a marking table which will be especially valuable in laundries, not only in preventing the misplacement and loss of pieces of laundry, but also will greatly expedite the listing of the pieces of laundry and their proper marking. The present method in laundries generally, is to have a flat table at one end of which stands a person whose duty it-is to list the articles of each bundle of laundry before it passes into the mechanical department. Nearby the lister stands another operator whose duty it is to mark each article in the bundle for future identity after passing through the several processes of laundrying. The lister generally takes a bundle and picking out the largest article spreads it out fiat upon the table and then successively picks up the remaining pieces belonging to that particular bundle and lists each piece upon a properly printed sheet. He then deposits the filled-out list in the bundle anywhere, and proceeds to roll up the large article so that the smaller pieces are rolled in the same. side toward the marker, and as it is usual for the lister to work more rapidly than the marker, it frequently happens that a large number of bundles pile up on the table between the two operators. It is during this piling of the bundles upon one another that small pieces frequently fall out of the bundles and having not as yet been marked it is impossible for either of the operators to determine into which of the several bundles the stray piece belongs. The marker picks up one of the bundles opens it and places thereon a suitable mark; then rewraps the bundle and passes it into the laundry.

My invention embodies a table of such construction that the listing operator stands upon one side entirely separate and opposite to the marker, the receiving portion of the table being of suflicient area to allow him to have new unlisted bundles on one hand, which he picks up, opens and lists, and then without rolling the bundle deposits all of the pieces into a convenient receiver simply securing the tag in a conspicuous position on the receiver containing the bundle. The

I marker, standing on the opposite side of the This bundle is then pushed to one.

table simply has to look up and discover which receiver is hearing a list and then pulls over this receiver, takes out the several pieces, proceeds to mark them and retains the list.

In the illustrated form of my invention 1 have constructed a table with sides 2 supported upon suitable standards or legs 3, the length of the sides being suflicient to provide a centrally divided table area, the receiving plane at of which is preferably made of slats 5, suitably spaced so that dust is prevented from accumulating upon the plane 4. The other side of the table is made of a substantially planed, continuous area 6, elevated somewhat above the plane 4: and divided from the latter by a vertical partition 7. This structure embodying the sides 2 forms a receiving side 4 and a marked side 6 on opposite longitudinal sides of the table, and in order to eliminate the chance of pieces of laundry being lost over the sides 2, suitable screen work 8 maybe extended upwardly any desired height and made of any desirable construction. Convenient upon one of the sides 2 and on that portion of the table which is used by the lister, is fixed a desk plate 9 where may be deposited a pile of blank lists upon which the operator enumerates the pieces of each bundle as he examines it. After each bundle is opened, examined and properly listed, instead of rolling the bundle as is the common practice at present, he simply picks up all of the loose pieces and deposits them in one of a plurality of movable receivers 10, which are pivotally mounted in suitable bearings 11, secured above the top of the partition 7. I have found that in a laundry doing a considerable business, a table containing four of these independent movable receivers 10, each being about 24 inches in diameter and about 10 inches in width will amply accoirmodate the work, and also reduce the number of marking and listing operators employed, because it is not necessary for the lister to take the time to spread out the large piece of the bundle and then after listing the pieces roll the bundle. After the lister has properly checked up the pieces of a bundle and deposited them in one of the receivers 10, he then takes the list describing that bundle and simply sticks it under a suitable pressure clamp 10, one of which is mounted adjacent the opening 12 of each of the receivers 10. When the operator is filling a receiver, or if they are empty, he usually has them so turned or positioned that the opening 12 stands in a substantially vertical position in front of him. As soon as he has deposited a bundle in a receiver he turns the same upon its pivots 13 in the bearings 11 to a position so that the mouth 12 is substantially horizontal and when in this position the list under the clip 10 is in plain view of the marker who stands on the opposite side of the table from the lister. The marker as he proceeds with the marking operation simply reaches up and observing which of the receivers bears a marked list pulls down the receiver so that the contents may readily be pulled through the opening 12 which stands in position vertically in front of him. It will then be seen that by this operation the time and labor involved in rolling a listed bundle is saved; the list, instead of being all crumpled up in a rolled bundle, is held in a perfectly clean, smooth condition by the slip holder 10, and, the marker does not have to carefully unroll the bundle and look tediously for the inclosed slip or list, but simply proceeds to mark each piece of the bundle as he pulls it from the down-turned. container 10. In addition to these several advantages, the op portunity of the individual pieces becoming separated from their respective bundles is entirely eliminated and instead of the surface of the table being crowded with unrolled bundles or with rolled bundles or with marked bundles, the listed, loose bunch of clothes is simply deposited in any one of the several receivers 10 and is entirely separated from the other bundles, either listed,

unlisted, marked or unmarked, the contents of any one receiver being subject to operation by the marking operator with no danger of its several pieces becoming commingled with pieces of another bundle.

In order to temporarily retain each container 10 in any one of its three distinct positions,suitably shaped plates 13,each bearing a slight projection 14 is fixed at suitable regular intervals upon one side of the container 10, and slidably mounted in the bearing brackets 11 are complementary bolts 15 normally elevated by springs 16. The operation of each complementary fixed plate 13 and its respective spring actuated bolt 15 is such that when the container 10 has been turned in an are approximately 90 about its pivots, the fixed projecting lug 14 will encounter the rounded ends of the spring bolt 15 and depress the same sufficiently to allow the projecting lip 14 to swing across the edge of the bolt 15. This co-active edge of the bolt 15 has a suitable recess as at 17, and when the locking plate 13 has assumed a position substantially in line with the action of the bolt 15, this will then snap outwardly and embrace the projection 14:, thus lightly, though sufliciently locking the container in its given position.

The apparatus further includes in combination suitable rails 18 mounted upon the legs 3 and well below the table planes 4 and 6 and upon these rails 18 is movable a carriage or basket 19, having rollers 20 adapted to travel on the rails 18. The purpose of this carriage is to afford an extra area for the deposit of rolled bundles in case the lister exceeds in rapidity the operations of the marker, who does not remove the contents from the several containers 10, quickly enough. The lister then rolls each bundle and places therein the list and deposits the rolled bundle upon the carriage 19 and after a number of bundles have been assembled on the same, he shifts this across the rails 18 so as to be within convenient reach of the marker 19, who may then pick up successively the bundles on the carriage 19, after he has emptied the several containers 10.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters- Patent, is

1. The combination in a listing and marking apparatus, of a table, a listing desk, bearings upon the table, containers having pivots turnable in the bearings and adapted to be turned to receiving and discharging positions with relation to the table, and latches to retain the containers in either position.

2. A listing and marking table comprising a receiving section formed of a plurality of horizontally spaced slats, a parallel, continuous area, a plurality of movable containers disposed centrally between said receiving table and the marking area, and a movable carriage mounted below the table top and adapted to be moved transversely across the table.

3. A listing and marking table comprising a frame, a platform formed of spaced slats, a listing board,,independent, movable, openmouthed containers adapted to receive articles, a list-holding clip secured upon each of said containers, a sliding bolt, and a plurality of fixed lugs secured upon each of the containers, whereby the latter may be adjusted temporarily in their several positions.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BERT L. HERRIOK.

Witnesses:

F. E. MAYNARD, J. H. HERRING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

